mansion
noun/ˈmænʃn/
/ˈmænʃn/
- [countable] a large, impressive house
- an 18th-century country mansion
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc1, Buildingsc1- The historic mansion stands in 160 acres of parkland.
- The restaurant is housed in an exquisite colonial mansion in the city centre.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- huge
- …
- live in
- have
- own
- …
- stand
- house
- block
- flat
- …
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- Mansions[plural] (British English) used in the names of blocks of flats
- 2 Moscow Mansions, Cromwell Road
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the chief residence of a lord): via Old French from Latin mansio(n-) ‘place where someone stays’, from manere ‘remain’.
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